Welcome Nayner. I am only on c1d3, so I am not sure. 2.5 lbs a week sounds reasonable, even though the diet promises more. I'm sure one of the veterans here will have some thoughts. Great work on the 21 lbs!

Doing well with the foods. I do have a hard time with the tea. It tastes fine on ice, I just have a hard time remembering it and end up drinking it after my meals most times. 240.something yesterday. 238.4 today. Off to a great start. I tend to feel hungry at night, but I can usually squelch the feeling with some veggies or a small piece of chicken instead of cookies or chips. And that is most impressive for me.

My mom ordered me the book. Finally got around to checking it out. Going to go to the grocery store tonight to get what I need. Coupling this diet with exercise. Will let you all know how it goes. I am currently at 145lbs.

Weighed in at 235.8 (down from 238.4 two days ago). TOM showed up, so I'm impressed :D

Hi All,

C1D1 here! I've been reading about 17DD for a week or so after hearing about it from DD's daycare teachers. I've done SB multiple times but I always freak out after phase 1 and add too many carbs back. I like how scripted this one is about how many carb servings get added back in. I also have a **** of a time exercising (except for my daily roundtrip walk from car to office and back, about 10-14 minutes) but figure even I can find 17 minutes to walk.

Good luck everyone!

I'm on (Round 2) R2C1D3. I took a day in between rounds 1 &2 at a pool party and ate and drank a lot. Gained 3 pounds over that. (Of course, I can gain weight just by looking at food). But after 2 days on Round 2, I've lost those 3lbs already. So Cycle 1 really does seem to help avoid the plateaus.

Renee
241/221/130

Tomorrow will be the first day of cycle 2 for me. I've lost 13.8 pounds in the first 17 days. Anyone who thinks this diet doesn't have some sort of boredom in it is VASTLY overstating things....I was bored on day 3 w/ the eggs or yogurt/fruit combo. The rest of the meals aren't nearly as bad but after 17 days and over 4 dozen eggs later....I'm kinda done w/ eggs....but oh boy....more eggs tomorrow :dizzy:

Having said that, the rest is doable. Unlike the portions set out in the 17 days the book suggests, I took the outline of what they say you can eat in a day and did with it what I wanted within those rules. I didn't measure anything which is one of my gripes about calorie counting (I could do a whole paragraph on that but for everyone's sake I'll stop it right there).

I'm spending more money on food, I don't know if that's an issue for people. I did actually eat a lot of the foods before but never in the quantities the diet requires. Basically instead of filling up on pastas or rice, you increase your intake of the proteins and cleansing vegetables. The other benefit is that nothing is so fabulous tasting that I want seconds all that often. I know this sounds like a negative but it's not for me. Part of my difficulty with food is I want to put away more because it tastes so delicious. I still have cravings after the 17 days, but I know it's just my brain twitching so I've been successfully ignoring it. And another thing about it is that I wasn't absolutely starving and was rather full at the end of the day.

I've seen a bunch of people on this thread talk about cycle 1 obviously but I'm interested in knowing more about how people feel about the next cycles. This week my whole planning went out the window on account of adding carbs. It was like i couldn't process the idea that now I CAN HAVE A POTATO!!!!! It's left me w/ a short circuit in my brain, with all the other meats that I can have tomorrow I picked turkey WHAT WAS I THINKING.:o

Junyper

I actually liked cycle 2 the best. i loved the potatoes and sweet potatoes. I was hesitant to try the spaghetti squash primavera recipe. But boy was it good. And this is coming from someone whose dad owned an Italian restaurant. I actually lost more weight on Cycle 2 than the other 2 cycles. I think my body likes having those carbs.

Congrats on the 13.8lbs! That's awesome!

Renee

I went to Sam's Club today and found a treasure trove of goodies. They have turkey tenderloin medallions in a bag that are already cut up and cooked. I got single wrapped fresh chicken breasts. Their 90% lean ground beef was $2 off (will freeze for next cycle). They had 2.5lb packs of ground turkey for cheap. I bought all kinds of meat and stocked my freezer. Now I won't have to spend so much at the grocery store hopefully. I was spending $100 every 4 days.

Renee
R2C1D5

I'm so looking forward to Cycle 2, LOL! Cycle 1 is okay so far, today is day 4 for me. I was down 3 pounds as of yesterday a.m. so I'm definitely pleased.

John,oh really!maybe I will try this kind of diet also ...It is just my first day so maybe ill gonna start it tomorrow and i will share to you later for what would be the outcome of my 17 days dieting....

I am on c2 and weight is fluctuating from 173 to 175.6
is it ok?

Pl help I am doing exercise, water 8+ glasses and following diet. I feel rice 1/2 cup is creating problem!!

Any experienced guy want to address my problem?

Don't eat the rice.

Thanks Toni48. The book says you can eat basmati rice and red lentils in activation cycle, page 131.
I drank 8 glasses of water before 2p.m and checked my weight it was 172.2 on no carb day. Yest it wa carb day again, I ate basmati rice and lentils and 8 glasses of water before 3 p.m. and at 6p.m weighed 172.8.
Today is no carb day let me see what happens.
How do you get that goal scale?
Thanks again.